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A fully grown Asian elephant
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The Year Earth Changed

A fully grown Asian elephant needs to eat 150 kilos of food every day

A fully grown Asian elephant needs to eat 150 kilos of food every day

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A fully grown Asian elephant
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needs to eat 150 kilos of food every day.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:34
Uploaded
May 12, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
BBC Studios Natural History Unit

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A fresh new approach to the global lockdown and the uplifting stories that have come out of it. People all over the world have had the chance to engage with nature like never before.
But with only 5% of their natural habitat remaining, - The Year Earth Changed 00:13
But with only 5% of their natural habitat remaining,
In response, the farmers try to defend their fields. - The Year Earth Changed 00:05
In response, the farmers try to defend their fields.
But they still regularly lose over half of the rice harvest on which they depend. - The Year Earth Changed 00:07
But they still regularly lose over half of the rice harvest ...
We would spend the entire night - The Year Earth Changed 00:05
We would spend the entire night
But they'd come back - The Year Earth Changed 00:06
But they'd come back
And it's not just farms that are at risk. - The Year Earth Changed 00:04
And it's not just farms that are at risk.
Elephants also search for food in villages - The Year Earth Changed 00:07
Elephants also search for food in villages
Across the country, - The Year Earth Changed 00:09
Across the country,
But one community is trying a new approach - The Year Earth Changed 00:06
But one community is trying a new approach
City workers who've returned home because of lockdown - The Year Earth Changed 00:11
City workers who've returned home because of lockdown
We got a great opportunity during lockdown - The Year Earth Changed 00:08
We got a great opportunity during lockdown
Along the forest edge, they plant a buffer zone - The Year Earth Changed 00:09
Along the forest edge, they plant a buffer zone
The entire community of more than 500 people came to help. - The Year Earth Changed 00:07
The entire community of more than 500 people came to help.
Over just a few months, - The Year Earth Changed 00:09
Over just a few months,
And now, instead of driving the elephants away - The Year Earth Changed 00:07
And now, instead of driving the elephants away
But will the elephants eat the grasses that have been planted for them... - The Year Earth Changed 00:05
But will the elephants eat the grasses that have been plante...
Something stirs at the edge of the forest. - The Year Earth Changed 00:05
Something stirs at the edge of the forest.
One by one, the elephants emerge from the cover of the trees. - The Year Earth Changed 00:06
One by one, the elephants emerge from the cover of the trees...
A whole extended family of 26 hungry elephants. - The Year Earth Changed 00:06
A whole extended family of 26 hungry elephants.
They choose to feast only on the crops planted for them. - The Year Earth Changed 00:06
They choose to feast only on the crops planted for them.